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Freelance journalist. Formerly Technology Correspondent at The Times in SF/London, and before that Economics and Property correspondent.

London, England
Joined April 2009
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@Steven_Swinford
Steven Swinford
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The OBR has broken **the entire Budget**. It's extraordinary. Completely unprecedented. Hyperbole doesn't do it justice Reeves will unveil £26billion in tax rises, ultimately leaving her with £22billion worth of fiscal headroom * The tax burden will hit a record 28 per cent as
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@whstancil
Will Stancil
6 months
This is an unbelievably dark story about ChatGPT from top to bottom, especially the twist at the end here https://t.co/6Ji7UdOMtC
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@bobdylan
Bob Dylan
6 months
Heard the sad news about Brian today and thought about all the years I’ve been listening to him and admiring his genius. Rest in peace dear Brian.
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@jamiemroberton
Jamie Roberton
8 months
🚨Exclusive: A grieving mother is being threatened with prosecution unless she deletes a damning review into police failings in her daughter's case. We reported on Danielle Charters-Christie's story last year - police conduct since has raised alarm https://t.co/3p3wtFLV1V
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channel4.com
A grieving mother who believes her daughter died in suspicious circumstances is now being threatened with possible prosecution unless she deletes a highly critical official review into police actions.
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@ArmandDoma
Armand Domalewski
8 months
Imagine telling a Vietnam vet flying on the last chopper out of Saigon that one day the Communist General Secretary of Vietnam would be trying to persuade an American President to embrace free markets
@KobeissiLetter
The Kobeissi Letter
8 months
BREAKING: President Trump says he just had a "very productive call" with Vietnam. Vietnam's General Secretary said they "want to cut tariffs down to zero if they are able to make an agreement with the US."
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@VeryBadLlama
Janel Comeau 🍁
8 months
I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold
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@tkbeynon
Tom Knowles
8 months
Possibly the most British quote ever from one of the Quaker elders about police charging their meeting house to arrest activists https://t.co/4S0epAvRIw
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@yashar
Yashar Ali 🐘
8 months
Marjorie Taylor Greene is an absolute disgrace.
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@clashreport
Clash Report
8 months
Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by masked U.S. ICE agents yesterday while heading to an Iftar dinner in Massachusetts. Ozturk, who held a valid F-1 visa and studied at Tufts University, was reportedly being watched for two days before her arrest. She was on the
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@nicholadrummond
Nicholas Drummond
9 months
This is the best summary of the current geopolitical situation I have seen. Sir Alex Younger was head of MI6 between 2014 and 2020. Really worth watching.
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@owenslindsay1
Lindsay Owens
10 months
This is an excellent summary of Musk’s takeover of the Treasury from @NYMag’s @chasdanner, with quotes from WSJ, NYT, WaPo, and my op-ed from @MSNBC yesterday. But this quote from @smotus is right on the money. This isn’t efficiency. It’s a coup. https://t.co/XivGG5Zz2H
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@tkbeynon
Tom Knowles
10 months
Side point on this article everyone is sharing about S&S getting rid of blurbs, but good on the new publisher Sean Manning to do an actual fun and engaging article about the change rather than putting out some boring corporate press release about it https://t.co/WuMp7gEB4p
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In a decision some might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” new S&S publisher Sean Manning has decided to no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books. Here’s why.
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@Sayers33
Ross Sayers
10 months
Ticketmaster love to email you like *URGENT ACTION REQUIRED* and the action is 'go to the gig you have tickets for'
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@CNBC
CNBC
10 months
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
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In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
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@tkbeynon
Tom Knowles
11 months
Weird. TikTok seems to be also blocking a number of users in the UK (like me) because of the US ban
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@gideonrachman
Gideon Rachman
11 months
The award winning reporter, Andrew Norfolk, who broke the grooming scandal says that far from covering up the problem, Starmer made the prosecutions possible
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@BethRigby
Beth Rigby
11 months
Q: @elonmusk described @jessphillips as an ‘evil witch’ & a “rape genocide apologist” who should be put in jail. Does that sort of abuse of one of your team make you angry & what is your response? Starmer then gives one of the most impassioned responses I’ve ever seen
@SkyNews
Sky News
11 months
"Child sexual exploitation is utterly sickening." Sir Keir Starmer answers a question from Sky's @BethRigby. Latest: https://t.co/xItZsH7tea 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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@MansourOmari
Mansour Omari
1 year
Horros in the Assad prions are being revealed. Children, girls, women freed. Industrial scale execution equipment. Prepare for shocking scenes that maybe published.
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@sarahrainsford
Sarah Rainsford @sarahrainsfordbbc.bsky.social
1 year
After all those years backing him…. the Russian foreign ministry confirms Assad has left Syria - and the presidency - and says he ‘gave orders for the peaceful handover of power’ They don’t say where he is…
@bbcrussian
bbcrussian
1 year
❗МИД России заявил, что Асад покинул президентский пост и Сирию Министерство иностранных дел России заявило, что презент Сирии Башар Асад покинул страну и свой пост, а также дал указание мирно передать власть. В заявлении российского внешнеполитического ведомства, которое
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@KenRoth
Kenneth Roth
1 year
A stunningly swift demise: The brutal rule of the Assad family, father and son, has finally ended after a ten-day insurgent offensive. Long-time prisoners, the survivors of the torture and executions, are being set free. Let's hope for a bright new page. https://t.co/NKnWOtck9H
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The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in...
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